Official Public Holiday
Christmas Day
Christmas Day is listed as a public holiday in Madagascar.
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December 25, 2026
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Friday, December 25, 2026
Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
World Calendar Day
Navidad
La Navidad liberiana es un día de iglesia, un día de familia y un día de comida. El servicio religioso es a la medianoche del 24, y los cantos son en inglés y en los idiomas locales. La comida navideña incluye arroz jollof, pollo frito, hojas de yuca, hojas de papa y pastel de batata. Los niños reciben regalos, generalmente ropa y zapatos, y los adultos intercambian visitas. La Navidad no se trata de regalos. Se trata de presencia, y la tradición es visitar a cada pariente que tienes el Día de Navidad. Las calles de Monrovia están decoradas con luces, las iglesias están llenas y el sonido de los villancicos se mezcla con el de la música gospel liberiana.
World Calendar Day
Navidad
National holiday. The day after Nochebuena when everyone eats leftovers and recovers. Children play with toys, adults sleep, and the house smells like picana for three more days. This is the quietest day in Bolivia and it is earned.
World Calendar Day
Noel
National holiday. Catholic families attend morning mass, Muslim families visit neighbors, and everyone eats. The riz gras is extra rich, the chicken is extra big, and the children are extra happy. Burkina celebrates together regardless of faith because a holiday is a holiday and food is food.
Regional/Cultural Day
Noely
The Malagasy Christmas is a church day and a family day. The church service is at midnight on the 24th, and the singing is in Malagasy. The Christmas meal includes vary (rice), hen'omby (beef), akoho sy voanio (chicken with coconut), and the French-influenced gateau (cake). The children receive gifts (usually clothes and school supplies), and the adults exchange visits. The Christmas is not about presents. It is about presence, and the tradition is to visit every relative you have on Christmas Day. The Malagasy Christmas is also a time for the joro (prayer ceremony), and the ancestors are included in the Christmas celebration because the Malagasy do not separate the living from the dead.
Regional/Cultural Day
Madagascar Errand List Day
A practical celebration of the list that saves the day, even when one item is remembered only after reaching the door.
Regional/Cultural Day
Window Plant Day
A day for herbs, flowers, seedlings, balcony pots, and every bit of green people manage to keep alive.
Regional/Cultural Day
Animals of Saint Barthélemy Day
You find frigatebirds, green sea turtles, and colorful reef fish surrounding Saint Barthélemy. You observe that residents predominantly keep dogs, cats, and tropical fish as pets. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
